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Search results for query: working during the LPC

  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    Concession LPC exams

    What is the potential outcome of the concessions? Eg would you grade be revisited, would you have to resit? I ask as many universities won’t retrospectively apply extenuating circumstances, so this is something different to the norm.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    Post-GDL work experience in the UK as an international (non-EU) student (paralegal/legal assistant)

    1) I would apply for Spring and Summer vacation schemes now with the abuse you may also need to apply for next year’s winter schemes in August-November next year. Training contracts are typically recruited 2-3 year in advance (most firms are currently recruiting for 2025 intakes) but...
  3. AvniD

    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi @manifestingg - I can totally understand your worry. I know a lot of firms have increased the grants by 2-3k to account for the cost of living crisis so I hope that reassures you. I also know of friends who worked part-time alongside the LPC, and while it isn't easy, it is doable. You need to...
  4. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    To be honest, I started applying for smaller/mid-size firms rather than 'BigLaw'. I did apply to the odd larger one, or a small intake US, but they weren't necessarily the typical ones we see on this forum. 9 time out of 10 my applications went past the written stage in my last 2 cycles I also...
  5. AvniD

    Post-GDL work experience in the UK as an international (non-EU) student (paralegal/legal assistant)

    I think you're a really good candidate for direct TCs. where you apply for the TC without needing to do a vac scheme, and would highly recommend this route to you. It may be easier to pursue while you're undertaking your GDL as well! I am linking a thread I made here for more information on...
  6. George Maxwell

    TC offer and current job

    ...employers is never a bad idea and you never know when you may need to draw on them in the future(!). With regards to working during the LPC, I would suggest having a trawl through the forum/starting your own thread (if one of these/others are not helpful/relevant). Jessica is absolutely...
  7. N

    International student/Paralegal - Ask me anything

    In relation to fees, luckily, I had the help of my family who paid for most of my postgraduate degrees. I started the LPC and GDL before Brexit so was eligible to pay "only" home fees as opposed to international fees (which you now have to pay if you are European). I was also eligible to the...
  8. C.A.

    Seeking career advice - lost hope for TC

    I graduated from my LLB in 2015 with a 2:1 (after failing my first year and having to resit a module) and then I only got a PASS on my LPC, so I always had that chip-on my shoulder that I would never even be considered at the application stage, so never tried to even apply. But I kept taking on...
  9. aspirationforlaw

    Seeking career advice - lost hope for TC

    Hello everyone, I'm looking for some general career/prospectus advice. For the background: I'm foreign so I studied abroad up until my first degree which I did in UK. I got weak grades in secondary school and high school and got a 2:2 in my first undergrad. However, then I went on to work in...
  10. B_16610

    'How many firms have you applied to' question

    I am currently working on the JMW application and one of the questions asks: Does anyone have any tips how to tackle a question like this? Should I list an honest number of all the firms during my undergraduate studies (I am starting LPC this September), or only during this application cycle...
  11. N

    How do you bridge the gap between living costs and grant?

    The options I'm aware of are: - Take a gap before the GDL or between GDL and LPC to work full time to get some savings. - See if your firm will allow you to convert your GDL to masters and therefore qualify for a postgraduate loan. - Some GDL/LPC providers partner with loan providers to offer...
  12. J

    Career changer - self-funding the SQE?

    Hi Avni! Great to hear from someone who was in a similar boat. I similarly was not careers focused during my LLB degree. Again, this is another benefit of self-funding the LPC/SQE that I was considering - benefiting from the course provider's careers service and being fresh in training again...
  13. Maria d'Orey

    Seeking career advice - lost hope for TC

    Hi @aspirationforlaw ! Thank you so much for sharing your story and how you're feeling with us - I appreciate that this can be difficult. I'll start by noting how incredibly amazed I am by your background. As an international student myself, I completely understand how difficult it can be to...
  14. Jaysen

    We Are Four Trainees at Shearman & Sterling LLP. Ask Us Anything!

    Meet the Trainees Learn more about each of the trainees below and the areas they are best suited to help with below: @lucyfoulkes My name is Lucy Foulkes and I’m a trainee solicitor at Shearman & Sterling, currently sitting with the Finance department. I am originally from Cardiff, Wales. I...
  15. C

    LPC Grants - Taxable income?

    Hi everyone, Sorry if this has already been answered, but I couldn't find anything clear either from a quick search on here or a look around the internet/HMRC site in particular! I'm doing my budgeting for transitioning out of life in full time employment and into full time LPC student from...
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    'How many firms have you applied to' question

    It really depends what your answer is. If your applications are focused on specific strands that tie into what JWM can offer, that is fine. If it’s a scatter gun approach or there isn’t much of a theme between the other firms you have applied to and JWM, you may want to play it down.
  17. L

    Advice

    Thank you so much!!! Wishing you all the best <3
  18. L

    Covid 19 and safety net policies

    Hi James, Cheers for the response!! That's good to hear about the school grades, hoping the 2:1 should be fine as prior to some mitigating circumstances in second year and covid I was on a 66% average. I know my average is weaker than most but I'm hoping on nailing the LPC and my electives...
  19. AvniD

    Career changer - self-funding the SQE?

    Hello! Fellow career-changer here who largely self-funded her LPC ✋ The LPC truly was the best way for me to re-acquaint myself with a career in law. Since I was so focused on being a journalist during my LLB, I missed out on all the legwork people around me had put into building their careers...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    SQE LLM

    The only benefit will be that you can apply for postgraduate finance (even if your course is being funded by your firm). There will be no other benefit it all honesty. It’s exactly like the LPC being topped up to a masters level course - no one actually considers it a true masters, it won’t...

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